The words for today is - Well done !

Good morning,

The words for today is - Well done !

 

When you stand before our Lord and Savior,will you hear from Him, Well done my good and faithful servant?   Read Matthew chapter 25:19-21,After a long time the lord of those servants cometh , and reckoneth with them.  And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying , Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.  To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then they went on there journey.The word says get understanding, you see the master divided the money among his servants according to their abilities. No one received more or less than he could handle. If he failed in his assignment, his excuse could not be that he was overwhelmed. Failure would indicate only laziness or hatred for the master. The bags of gold represent the resources God has given us. God has given us time, talents and other gifts to do the work He has set out for us to do. These are given according to the abilities that God has also given us. Nothing is of ourselves, we only use the things God has given us. We are also expected to increase what He has given us before He returns. The issue is not how much you have, but it is how well you use what you have.Are you using your gifts to help others and further the Kingdom of God?  How well you used the gifts that He gave you under His direction and through His power, that is being a good servant. You are merely a vessel that God works through. We should carefully note the outcome of faithful service, and of unfaithful service. Faithful service led to increased responsibilities in the kingdom of heaven, and eternal joy in the presence of the Master, Jesus Christ. Now get this,one person is no better or more important than the other, though one may have greater natural ability. God clearly shows that the greater the capacity, the greater the responsibility. But we also find that though there is an equality in opportunity, there are differences in talent. With God's gifts it is the same, it is not how much talent one has, but how one uses it that is important to God. It is not how many gifts that God gives to a person, it is what one does with them. Unfaithful service led to condemnation, the removal of one’s stewardship, and an eternity of weeping and gnashing of teeth in outer darkness, away from the presence of our Lord. Wow, that is something to think about ! We must always appreciate all of Christ's gifts. "For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have." It is better to have a low position in God's service with faithfulness than a high position with unfaithfulness.Thank you Lord for you word. Amen !